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Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 430

[430Tue] Flute Knight

Write a report, have a glass of wine with about 100 drivers at a bar,.

Then, like a ghost, I got a beer barrel from somewhere and left the bar, pretending not to have seen the articles who were spewing absurd nonsense about beer not being alcohol, but grain stew with a lot of water. Night had already fallen, and the cold had settled down to my bones..

Looking at it like this, it is hard to believe that it is a city at the center of a war. There were more intact parts of the city than collapsed parts, and the people visible were bright as if they had already completely recaptured the city..

There was no particular reason to dislike that atmosphere, as they were saying they were on the cusp of successive victories, but as I walked around the streets intoxicated by that atmosphere, for the first time in a while, I felt a sense of anxiety creeping up from within..

The reason is, of course, because of the buffalo horns..

The guy was strong. Even though I did everything I could, all I could do was hold on. Perhaps because they used the same magic power, they were not able to use surprise attacks like Envelde, and they were superior in every way, to the extent that even applying magic power to their weapons was handled with impromptu judgment and skill..

I've never been as absorbed in myself as a frog in a well, but I couldn't deny that for the first time in a long time, I realized that I had a long way to go. The fact that I followed all the airborne troops' sorties by reducing my sleeping time over the past few days was also due to the anxiety that I could not stay still like this....

...Even though I fought so many battles, I didn't feel like anything had changed. I guess the only consolation is that the skill of Seungryong has increased a lot..

"Giggles, is this why the status window is a cheat key??"

Being able to see how strong something has become and how strong it will become is a truly amazing ability, assuming it has 100% accuracy. Psychological stability is a factor that cannot be ignored, and if you install just one status window, you will get an estimate right away..

However, you can't just suck your fingers hoping for abilities that don't exist, so you have to work hard to train what you do have. In that sense, I think I should study some magic today before going to bed..

As I pass through unfamiliar streets and have to walk twenty more, I hum a song I remember to relieve my boredom. Then, what naturally came out was not music from my previous life, but music sung by a bard at the adventurer's guild..

Although my past life was obviously longer than my current one, I am not sure what I felt specifically when I realized that many of my memories were fading away. I feel like I'm looking back on distant memories and laughing and thinking "I did that back then"... I also feel like I'm feeling sad while thinking back on the many, many regrettable memories..

The important thing is that my attention got a little distracted during the process. Time passed and I was almost at my dorm, and it was too late for me to realize that someone was blocking my path..

"Lord Eldmia Egar?"

"hmm?"

A voice I heard for the first time, a pressed robe.

Considering the weather, there was nothing particularly strange about this outfit, but as I was reminiscing about my past life, the thought that passed through my mind was that it was a very assassin-like outfit..

And that sentiment saved me. The reason he was able to avoid the dagger stabbing him from inside his robe, as he quickly crossed the distance of about ten paces, was because he was habitually nervous thanks to that trivial sentiment..

My fleeting impression is that it was a very skilled blow. My body moved before my head could even understand that the thrust, as if it had been honed for just this one attack, was flying towards my side..

"Pfft!"

Although he was quite surprised that I had dodged the blow, he immediately tried to adjust his posture, but my limbs flew out faster than he could..

Supporting the left hand of the guy holding the dagger with my right hand, I swung my left palm and dislocated his wrist. In order not to miss the guy who was trying to quickly fall back, I grabbed his forearm and gave a low kick, and the guy who was in front was thrown at an impossible angle with his right leg. It can't be broken until it explodes..

I had no intention of letting go. back? It's better to not know than to react complacently when it's too late and die..

So, without even giving him a chance to scream, I swung my right hand, which was holding his arm, and struck him with an uppercut into his solar plexus. To kill it for sure, it would have been better to attack above the neck, but there was no answer if it stuck and then self-destructed, so it was to shake it off..

'It must have taken about five seconds for the 'clack' sound of the bones being shattered to be clearly transmitted through the gauntlet and for the assassin's body to fly backwards. Although I was very nervous due to the unexpected surprise attack, I was not hurt because the skills I had built into my body through repeated mastery lived up to my expectations..

"Cruck, crack.!"

I thought his heart would burst and he would die right away, but surprisingly, the assassin was still alive, writhing and spitting out blood..

"It's stronger than I thought."

Since there was no sign of popularity around him, I pulled out the needle without whistling and plunged it into the creature's limbs, and the creature moaned even as it was dying. Even if he lunged at me in his final struggle, I could limit his actions to some extent with the needle, so I closed the distance without hesitation, and the assassin looked at me with eyes full of hostility while trembling..

But that was all. She used magic power just in case, but she couldn't sense any magic power from him. I thought they were demons who shaved off their horns and went into hiding, but they were just humans. Well, if I were a demon, I wouldn't have bothered to ask for my name and would have just judged me based on my magical power..

Judging from the fact that he didn't die right away even after being hit with my bare body, he seemed to have trained as an Auror, but it was clear that if he continued like this, he would die soon. For a moment, the thought of using a potion to save him half of the life and find out who was behind it crossed my mind, but fortunately he opened his mouth first and saved me the trouble..

"Flute Knight... You damned monster... The devil will judge you... Cough.!"

He may not have intended it at all, but the words he uttered to curse me answered more questions than I expected..

The devil's army special forces that attacked me in the middle of Ethisel, and the devil's army that I robbed here so cheerfully, all they said on that day was 'for freedom', so recently I was wondering what kind of freedom these guys were fighting for..

Why, it’s common. It's like a repertoire that cries out for freedom from God, saying things like revolting to escape God's violence..

It may not be possible to confirm the intentions of the entire Demon King's army just from what this guy says, but at least ordinary soldiers or those who are not in important positions do not seem to want freedom on such a transcendent scale and are participating in the war. If that was the case, I was planning to add a scandalous crime and scold him..

"Thank you. Thanks to you, many of my questions have been resolved. I'm asking this out of curiosity, but are you a member of the Special Operations Command??"

The moment he violently coughed up blood, what was reflected in his eyes was shock..

After that, the assassin couldn't say anything because he kept spitting out his life along with blood, but that was enough of an answer, so I retrieved the needle that had been stuck in his limbs and put the needle between his eyes, freeing him from the pain..

And then, holding the back of his robe, he headed back towards the barracks. Humming the bard's music.

Not long after, I arrived in front of the barracks lit with torches, and two guards who were yawning slowly recognized me and greeted me with a light salute..

"Thank you for your hard work, Sir Ega. What is that in your hand... a person?"

Perhaps because it was dark, they couldn't see the blood he was spilling, but there was no sign of tension on the guards' faces. Hmm, looking at things like this, I might have to thank the assassin who decided to ambush me on the street. If they had broken into the barracks, several people would have died..

"Was an assassin."

As I roughly threw the body with such sentiments in mind, the guards' eyes widened in an instant..

"Assassin.!?"

"It seems like they are a human who has taken refuge in the Demon King's army. I haven't touched any of your belongings, so call someone to check. Because he let his guard down, he ended up killing him before he had a chance to ask anything.."

"Uh, are you hurt anywhere??!"

"Don't worry, I'm fine except for my chest being shocked by the sudden attack.."

I tried making a light joke, but it didn't have much effect. Under the excuse that I was tired, I handed over the corpse and the disposal to the guards and returned to the lodgings. While I was cleaning and inspecting the blood-stained equipment and getting ready for bed, I was suddenly greeted by a visitor..

"Eldmia! are you okay!?"

Ragnis's contemplative face created synergy with the dark circles caused by excessive work, so much so that I actually wanted to ask him if he was okay..

Ragnis came into the room in a hurry, probably really embarrassed, and started looking at my body to see if there were any injuries, and I had to carefully dissuade her and calm her down..

"It's really okay. I didn't overdo it and I didn't get hurt. I don't know if they were demons, but they were humans. I don't know if he was raised to be an assassin or what, but after the first attack, nothing happened.."

"Anyway, you're an assassin? The clearing of the Levien area is now complete, but what about assassins?!"

Still, since she knew my skills, I thought she wouldn't be too surprised by an assassination attempt, but it seems that wasn't the case at all..

It was really desirable to treat fighting head-on and being attacked separately, but since she was quite shocked and her hands were shaking slightly, I smiled cheerfully and tried to calm her down..

"Rather, it would have been an assassination attempt through the human race. How many times do meritocrats put the human race forward? I'm glad it was aimed at me instead.."

I meant it..

The reason was that it ended more cleanly than targeting Ragnis or other people, and it made me think that I should quickly find the Demon Lord's army belonging to the Special Operations Department and destroy it without giving people a chance to become lazy..